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To: TimF who wrote (95782)	1/18/2005 8:25:31 PM
From: Bill Ulrich	Respond to of 793822

...and thankfully so. The mental image of Howie Long as a woman is kinda scary. "Outside genetic engineering I don't think you are going to have female pro-bowl defensive ends."

To: TimF who wrote (95782)	1/19/2005 12:52:29 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793822

"White men can't jump" either, but they still let them play basketball.

To: TimF who wrote (95782)	1/19/2005 11:30:22 AM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793822

Maybe we can even go further along this trend and have the difference be ten minutes, but it is very unlikely to ever be zero. The difference is now 10 minutes and 30 seconds. Kenya's Paul Tergat holds the world record at 2 hours 4 minutes and 55 seconds. Paula Radcliffe established the female record at 2 hours 15 minutes and 25 seconds. Paula Radcliffe is a British citizen and set the record at the London Marathon where she beat all the men from the United Kingdom. Katherine Switzer was the first female ever to try to enter a marathon. In 1967 she entered the Boston Marathon as K Switzer, but when she showed up at the starting line, officials tried physically to force her out of the race. The history of women in marathon running is less than 40 years old. Paula Radcliffe's personal best in the marathon would have beaten all the men that have ever raced in Olympic marathon history except for a handful in recent Olympic games. I don't know of any physiologists who express a rationale for men being more suited than women to bear the pain (or any other reason) for marathon running. But, ultimately - so what? These are elite men and women. What do they have to do with us ordinary folks?